The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 12, 1905, Image 1
VOL. XVIII.
THEJERMS.
Text of Articles of Capitulation
of Port Arthur.
BARNWELL, S. C. f THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1096.
OFFICEfiS PAROLED
Bat All Russian Soldiers
/ r
Are
Made
Prlsoaers of War. All Forts, Bat*
ter.es, Vessels and Manitioas
Are Transferred to the
^Japanese in Tact
The people of St. Petersburg hare
received with composure the news,
known to the rat of the woild a day
earlier, of the fate of Port Arthur.
The event had been anticipated, ar d
nnder c fflsial direction the minds of
the populace were prepared to re
eel ve with resignation the announce
ment of the fact by the publication
of diapatebes forwarded week before
last by Gen. Stoeaael djptcrlbiLg the
atraita to which the garrLon had
been nducid. The expectations in
aome quarters that the surrender of
for trees would be followed at the 1
iltal by arti-war demonstrations
cot been realised. So far as
baa been any expreM'on of
ling, it baa been for carrying on
the war with all the vigor possible.
At Toklo Tuesday night the surren
der of Port Arthur was celebrated by
a lantern procession and a general
lllumtnatior. The Jataoe&e diet will
formally express the thanks of the
nation to Gen. Nogl for his conduct
of the aefge.
Among Russian cfflciaia there is
_ sick and wounded soldiers. During
afaeUnu ♦>»»»■ nirriffititMiv 1 ®bob time such oerpe shall be required
a reeling *^ 1 to render service under the direction
of the sanitary corps and accountants
of the Japanese army.
Art. 10. The treatment to be ac
corded to the residents, the transfer
of books and documents relating to
that may be made with the fact in
▼lew that in order that peace must be
lasting Japan must recognise Russia’s
right to free tranait of its ships
through waters of the far east. High
Japanese < fflcials declare that there is
no probability of advances coming
at present from their government
looking toward peace negotiations.
In offioial quarters in St Petersburg
It ia said that no tender of good oQKes
from a third party would be aco -pteo
and that any proposal for peace must
eome from Japan direct.
The text of the articles of capitula
ticn of the Port Arthur garrison
signed by the commissioners repre
senting Gen. Nogt has been made
public. All Rusatan soldiers, marines
and olTll cffloials of the garrison and
harbor are made prisoners; all forts
batteries, vetsels, munltiois, etc., are
transferred to the Japanese in the
c edition in which they existed at
neon of January 3, violation of this
dance to operate as an annulment of
the negct'atieoa, giving the Japanese
army warrant to take free action; the
Rii—tciiitary and naval authorities
are to furnish to the Japanese army
an exhibit of all fortiloationa, under
ground and submarine mines, a list of
military effloers, of ships and the
camber of their crews, and of civil
ians of byih sexes with their race and
occupations; and all publ c property,
buildings, munitions of **r, etc.,
be left in the present positlo;
ing arrangement for tiietr tram
ce. .Officers of the a:my and
navy ar» permitted to retain thel
swords (md inch., of their personol
property as is directly necessary hr
the malrtenanoe at life and with ons
servant < ach may, i pon signing their
parole not to take upturns during the
continuance of the war, return tc
Rut sis. Non-c mmisskned t ffloers
and privates will be held as prisoners
For tie benefit of the sick and
wounded Ruseians the ranltary corps
and the iccoutsnts belonging to tbc
Russian army and navy will be re
quired to serve under the Japanese
janttary *oarpe and accountants for
such period of time as may be deemed
necessary. \.~
▲BT1CLK8 OF CAPITULATION.
The following are the articles of
capitulation:
Article 1. All Russian soldiers ma
rinea, volunteers, also government of
fidalsat the garrison and harbor of
Port Arthur are taken prisoners.
Art. 2. All forts, batteries, war
ahlpe, other ships and boats, arms.
amir* ,,>>Hnn i horses, all materials for
hostile use, government buildings
and all oi Jects belonging to the Ros
elan government shall be transferred
to the Japacese army In their exist
ing condition.
Art. 3. On the preceding two oondi
tions being assented to, as a gnaran
tee for the fulfilment thereof the men
garrisoning the forte end the batteries
on mountain, Sungshu moun
tain, Antae mountain and the lice of
eminences southeast iherefrom shall
be removed by noon of Jan. 3 and the
es»wf shall be transferred to the Japa
neee army.
Art. 4. Should Russian military o»
naval men be deemed to havedes .roy
ed objects named in article 2 or to
have caused alteration Jo any way in
their condition at tbe nistlog time,
the signing of this compact and tbt
Dilations shall be annulled and the
army witt take free action.
'Art. 6. The Russian m litary anc
naval authorities shall prepare and
transfer to the Japanese army a tabh
showing the fortifications of Port
Arthur and their respective positions,
and maps showing 1 the location ol
mines underground and submarine
l all ether dangerous objects; alsc
Showing the eompoeiton anc
of the army and naval service*
Arthur; a list of army and
navy officers, #1th names and rank
and duty of said officers; al st of army
steamers, warships and other ships,
with the numbers of their respecti ve
crows; a list of civilians, showing tHe
number of men and women, their
race and occupations.
Art. 6. Arms, including those car
ried on the persons; ammunition, war
materials, government buildings, ob
jects owned by tbe government,
horses, warships and other ships, in-
cludlrg tbciro contents, excepting
private property, shall be left in their
present positions and the commission
ers of tte Russian and Japanese
armies shall decide upon the method
of their transference.
Art. 7. The Japanese army, con
sidering the gallant resistance t flered
by tbe Russian army as being honor
able, will permit the (ffloers of tbe
Rrsslan army and navy, as well as
officials belonging thereto, to carry
swords and to take with them private
property directly necessary for the
milntenance of life. The previously
mentioned officers, officials and volun
leers who will sign a written parole
pledgir g that they will not take up
arms and in no wise take action con
trary to to tbe interests Otthe Japa
nese army until the close of tbe war,
will receive the consent of the Japa
nese army to return to their country.
Each army and navy officer will be al
lowed one servant, and such servant
will be specially released on signing
the parole.
Art. 8. Non-commissioned officers
and privates of both army and navy
aud volunteers lb ~ ~
forms and, taking portable feats and
necessary private property, and com
manded by their respective officers,
shall assemble at such places es may
be Indicated by tbe Japanese arm
The Japanese commissioners will de
yrN-eet,
ie- ]«oi
c.de the necessary details thereof.
Art. 0. Tbe sanitary oorps and tbe
accountants belonging to the Russian
army and navy shall be retained" by
tbe Japanese while their ^vices are
deemed necessary for the caring for
municipal administration and finance,
and also detailed fl.es necessary for
the enforce ment of this compact shall
be embodied in a supplementary com
pact. The supplementary o in pact
shall have tbe same force as this oom-
pact. v
Art. 11. One oopy each of this com
pact shall be prepared for the Japa
nese and Russian armies, end it shall
bave immediate effect upon signature
thereof.
CALLS THEM TIGERS.
Chief Constable HammeU Report to
tbe Governor.
Shows the Sales et the Local Dlapen-
sartee to Have laoreaaed
Very Greatly In 1004.
Mr. U. B. Hammet, chief oonstable,
bas submitted to Gov. Heyward his
report for the last quarter of the year
1904. Mr. Hammet takes oooasloo to
call attention to the charterlrg of so
cial clubs in large cities, and he de
clares some of these to be flagrantly
violating the law. In bis letter sub
mitting the report, Mr. Hammet
s<ys:
“From t'le figures given you will
see that the maintenance of the oon-
litabulary has reached a considerable
:mm, bub when you deduct the value
of tbe se cures made and tbe fines
ocllected, which went to tbe various
oouncies and towns, that expense has
been reduced to tbe very small sum,
of $34,876 35, with numerous appeal-
od cases yet to be heard from.
“The illicit dealing in liquors In
every section of the State haa been
very considerably curtailed, and while
I have not been able to enforce the
law to the letter, I feel that my ef
forts have been of valus in that direc
tion, and reports received daily go to
show that there is an improvement in
the situation almost everywhere. The
dispensary law can be enforced, but It .
will require the aid of State tffi :ere as 8 “°7
well as municipal, In addition to the
constabulary force to accomplish it.
“There seems to be a lack of inter
A YEAR’S RECORD
Of Lynchings, Murders, Hang
ings, Defalcations
AND OTHEfi THINGS.
Scow Isterestlsf Statistics Prepared by
tk* CUcifo TH&me for tM Past
• * " r* ■*
Year, Showing the Number sf
Violent Deaths, Robber*
ies sad Accidests.
Of muoh Interest and ilgfilflcanoe
are the figures contained In the Chi
cago Tribune's annual review of the
year 1904. Especially satisfactory Is
the showing that there worn fewer
lynchlngs than in any previous year
siooe 1885. There was a marked,
falling off in the aggregate of dona
tions for educational, philanthropic
and religious ^purposes. There is a
decrease in the number of legal hang
ings, in the total of defalcations, for
geries and back wreckings and in tbe
cumber of homicides. Fire losses
small increase. In
: <$ft by a ferry boat
t; loo by flood in the
Santiago, Cuba:
wreck fn Russia:
Philippines. Tbs distribution fol
tows: r
Fins, 1 006; drowniogs, 2,745; ft
plosions, fatting bnlldlng and like cas
ualties, 206; mines, 089; storms and
cyclones, 243, lightning, 189; electric
ity, 126.
Steam railroad accidents caused tbe
loai of 2 950 lives, a considerable do
orcase from the number of tbe year
previous. The seriously injured to
tailed 3,843. On trolier lines 479
were killed and 3,204 ir jured. The
most fearful disaster of the year oa
ourrod Augut 7,. on tbs Rio Grands
Railroad, when 118 lives were lest on
aooonnt of a broken bridge.
Donations and bequests for the
ysak total $46,296,988, an compared
with 675,000,000 in 1903, and 6123,-
000,000 in 1891, tbs record holding
year. Mr. Carnegie has not given so
much to public libraries and many
multi-millionaires bave decreased tbo
amounts of tbelr benefactions. Never
theless, Mr. Carnegie bas given 611,
243,000, the big gift being 95,000.000
for tbs hero fund and another 65,000,-
000 for the Pittsburg Carnegie Insti
tute.
Mr. Rockefeller’s benefactions tola!
61,461,000, one million of which was
for charities. Dr. D. K. Parsons
i rave 6235,COO to rm%U colleges.
Ninety-six colleges have bs?n among
the benefloisrles, getting 21,335,000
n the aggregate.
L_ A BAD AGCIDAIT.
OUR SENATORS.
•saator Tillman Was a Busy
During tke Bosaion.
t, or fear, or something which I
hot determine, on tbs part of some
of those who are charged with the en
forcement of th« tow which prevents
thorn from taking as active a part as
is Incumbent upon them. In many
instances I bave been ably assisted
by tbe intendents of towns and a few
magistrates, but as a rule there is Ut-
oons tabl-s.
“In my Judgment the greatest me-
naoe to the enforcement of the tow la
the promiscuous Issuing cf charters to
so called ‘clubs,’ and yet I am inform
ed that under our present laws this
cannot be prevented. We find them
a general
business, manufacturing and com
merctal way the latter half of the
rear was a decided Improvement over
: ihe first six months.
Lynchlngs for tbs year number 87,
compared with 104, tbo previous
year, 96 in 1902 and 135 In 1901. -No
vember was the one month in twenty
;rears during which no lynching was
reported North or Sooth. Of the 87
ynchlogs 82 took place in the South
and 5 In the N rth. There were 83
negro victims and 4 whites. ‘ Two
women were among the number.
The high water mark for lynching*
was in 1892, when mob vengeance
was wreaked on 235 persona.
Mississippi heads the list of States
with 18 lynchlngs. Arkansas and
Georgia divide dishonor with 17 each,
Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South
flourishing in our cities and larger Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South
towns, and while claiming to be Bocial <3«ollna each bas fewer than a half
oxen caste to its oredlt. Every state
of the Upper Mississippi Valley es-
KIllAd aitnaolf.
G. C. Wellbrock, wholesale fruit
dealer of Charleston. S C., aged for
ty-three years, shot and killed him
self at bis i ffloe on Tuesday morning
of last wees. He had Just entered
tbe office and locked the door, when
the report of the pistol was heard,
and upon the door being broken open
he was found lying on the i! or In a
pool of blood with a bole In bU right
temple and another on the opposite
hide of the head, where the ball bad
passed out, going through a pane of
the window glass before finally sptnd-
log Its force. As far as is known
there was no cause for the suicide.
Mr. Wellbrock ws$ lo company with
Mr. Guy Stoner a short time before
he retired into his office and to him
he gave no intimation of his intention
t<}kill himself. Ho left a note, It is
understood, to Mr. Stoner, telling
him goodbye and expressing the opln
Ion that lie would be happier, but not
explaining the cause of bis trouble,
uncer which he seemed to labor. He
was married on last Sunday night to
a Mite Sobtmdt. It was learned Tues
day that Mr. Wellbrock has been suf Total value
ferlhg under some severe menta'
•tram, fur a few nights ago he slept ,
or spent the night, m tbe county jiii
upon his own request, stating that he
was In fear of bodily loji&ry. Barring
this oDe faqtu.MX- WeUbrikk had given
no evidence of any mental affection.
organizations, complying with tbe re
qul rements of tbo law, they are noth
ing more nor less than open barrooms.
Every effort has been made to put a
stop to tbe sale of liquors within their
walls, even to the extent of stationing
officers in the building to prevent it,
but this bas resulted recently in tbe
arrest of the constables on a charge of
trespass and their conviction and pun-
Uhm nt by fine.
“Positive and satisfactory proof
that seme af these ‘olubt’ sell drinks
of all kinds to the general public
(tbeir membership in numerous cases
being entirely flctltiou 1 -) seems -una
vailing in our endeavors to confine
them to the rights granted them by
tbelr charters, and I desire to earn
estly reoomDMnd that-some legisla
tion be enacted whloh will affect tbe
Indiscriminate Issuing cf such char
ter-.
“The constabulary f .rce is In good
condition, loyal and energetic. Very
Utile has occurred to mar tbe admin-
UtratloD of the affairs of the depart
ment, and 1 look forward to the at-
t ill ment of even better resalts in the
tuture than we bave in the past.”
The total expense for the quarter
was 616. ill 81. The amount of sales
from the wholesale dispensary wa,
$987,313 94, from the retail dlapanuj.
ries $l;G38r733fO&——
The summary fur the year is aa f
lows:
Total cost of constabnla-
r* for year $ 64,388 26
of seixute)
.8 21.071«!
Burned To Death.
Fire consumed tbe home of Frank
Noeeskl, a Polish miner In Murris
Run, Pa., at an early hour Tuesday,
and the entire family of ten, except
the oldest son* aged 18, was either
burned to death or smothered. The
Nowtekis lived In a log house on tbe
LUtskirlsof Morris Run. Thete were
no immediate nelghbo s. It is not
known how the fire originated but li
is thought that a stove fell over and
the burning coals set fire to the house.
Noweskl was employed by tbe Morris
Run Coal Mining company. With his
fellow miners he bas been on strike
s>noe tost April. Recently smallpox
broke out in Morris Run.
and bis family were among the suffer
ers from tbe disease but every mem
ber of the family recovered and tbe
quarantine had jsst been raised from
their home. / J
(Schooner Wrecked.
After a night of' intense suffering
from the cold, clinging for dear life to
the masts of tbeir shipwrecked vessel,
heavy* seas breaking over her decks
and Carrying everything before the
mad tush of its fury, Capt. F. G
Glbba add sit men composed the crew
of' the schooner Emma 0. Middleton,
from Newport News to Charleston,
Total sales tot State dis-
peniary for year $2,996,918 30
Total sales fjrJocal dis
.. sarles for year.. .....$3,374,786.43
Total number of convic
tions for year 344
Total amount of fines
imp Med fur year..,.. $ 18,946 00
Total amount of Ante
collected for year./.. .$ 8,440.00
Total number of pusoos
sent to chklngang... 98
Total number of teams
seized 7T _ 13
Total number of stills
se zid.... .. 114
In tbe report for the .last quarter,
Mr. Hamxeb says in addition to tth
seizures of liquor and beer, “tbert
were two teams, 35 stills and 1,810
gallons of beer In kegs, the latter of
which Is of no value
The increase in tbe sales in tbe lock
dispensaries over tbe same quarter,of
Nowesktj 1903 amounted to $172,007.69.
Quits a number of oases against
violators of the law have been ap
pealed and are now ponding in the
court of genersl sessions.
Dvnaiuoe.
The Canadian Niagara Falls Power
company, the ally of the American
Niagara Falls Power company, suc
cessfully set In motion Wednesday
two of tbeir 10,000 horse power tur
bines and dynamos befors the offieen
)f the power company and dlstingn
ished guests, these an the Uurgwi
machines in the world add tbelr opera
ion marks an electrical epoch
with-a eatgo of emit were carried-te Francis Lynde Stetson, of New York,
Wilmington by the Wlllmlugton tug
Alexander Jones, tbe vessel and her
mrgo being a total wreck on Frying
Eton shoals. The schooner was struck
by Tuesday night’s gals and broke
completely in two from stem to stern
Capt. Gibbs and crew wore reached by
he life saving crew At Caps Faakand
Oak Island stations, being later trank
ferred to tbe tug.
tty, of
ed on
the
tbi
and Proideot W. E. Beatt
Canadian company, turn
power. Cheers were given for King
Edward, President Roosevelt and tbe
officers of the company. An elaborate
lunch was served and felicitous
speeches were made by William R
fbnkine, Francis Lynde Stetson, A
Monrow Grtel, Mr. J. W. Langmaulr
and others.
A Little Boa ot .prof. Bela Killed by
Felling Bricks.
Little Henry Bain, tbe 6-year-nld
oapee without a blemish.
The alleged causes of the lynchlngs
were: Murder 36; race prejudice 19;
attacks on women 20; murderous as
sault 4; conspiracy to murder 2; un
known 2; Insults 2; threats 1, and
robbery!, '
Naturally the numbir of killed and
wounded In war during 1904 greatly
exceeds that of -1903, because of the
sanguinary conflict between RusMa
and Japan. Tne total loss of the
year is about 400,000, as compared
with 86,000 in 1903, 26,000 In 1902,
and 3,000 in 1001. Of these losses
approximately 370,000 wer$ on Russo-
Japanese battle fields and seas. Oth
er losses have been: Armenian mas
sacres, 7,864; Thibet 6,492; Philip-
lines 3,230; Sumatra 2,379; Africa
i,714; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia 820;
San Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239;
Morocco 60; Arabia 40.
Legal executions numbered 116, as
umpired with 123 the year before
and 194 in 1902. There were sixty-
two executions in the North and 54
n tbe South, of whom 59 were whites,
45 (negroes, one Japanese and one
Chinese. In 110 oases the victims
were convicted of murder. Six were
oonvicted of murder. Six were put to
Jeath for attacks on women. Penn-
ivlvanla executed 19, Onto 10, New
YOrk 8, Missouri 3, Alabama 6, Ar
kaesa* 7, California 6, and Indiana 2.
Tbere was marked fili ng iff in tbe
-last three months of the year.
Leaving out the operations of Mrs.
Qas*ie Chadwlekr thenxtent of whfcfr
nas oot been ssoertalned, the record
ef the year shows that man intrusted
with public and private funds are be
coming mors boneat. At any rate
the total ot defalcations, embezzle
ments, forgeries and bank wrecking,
is $4,742,507, as compared with $6,
)62,l65 1n 1903. The figures for the
year are smaller than for any year
since 1900; one-sixth of those in 1904
and less than half those In 1895. 1896
and 1897. The tabular statement for
1904 shows:
From banks $2,242 374
Stolen by public officials... 228 794
By agents.. 1.. 758,879
Forgeries..TTT.. . . . r? 183,490
From loan associations 311,000
By postal employees....... 14,500
Miscellaneous stealings.;.. .637,970
While there was a decrease of Sev
eral hundred In the number of horn!-
oldee, It Is a significant fact that tbere
has been a great Increase in the nnm-
her ot murders committed by high,
way men, burglars, “hold-up” men
abd all that class of Criminals, fihi.
jago fir this particular makes
gloomy showing. The growth of this
variety of crime has been steady for
several years. There were 464 in
1903, 333 In 1902, and 193 in 1901
Encouragement has been given to this
kind of human slaughter by tbe great
percentage of guilty men who eea
capture and conviction. The hang
ir g of the hoy bandits had apparsotly
no deterrent effect.
son of Prof, and Mrs. C. W. Bain of
the South Carolina college, was found
ring bleeding in the yard at his home
Friday morning of last week with a
rightful wound in tbe back of his
Ntod. His skull had been fractured,
be bad loet a large quantity of blood
and was insensible when found. He
was removed fiy loving hands, doctors
were hastily summoned and all that
tender care and medical science could
0 was bestowed upon him, but the
ittle fellow hovered between life and
death until 8.50 o’clcck Friday night
when he died without having regained
consciousness. He went out into the
yard only a short time before the ac
cident. A servant of Prof Andrew
O. Moore, who lives next door, was
>asslng not many minutes after and
onnd the almost lifeless body on the
steps leading into the yard at the side
of the boose. Mr. John Taylor, who
was visiting at the residence of Prof.
Moore, was the first person to arrive
at the side of the injured child, and
t was he who carried him upstairs.
Thereto no doubt that the little
fellow was struck by falling brick*,
>u«hed from the parapet above by the
>ranob ot a tree growing near the
house. This branch rests, upon, the
brick work, and tbe motiothajuMiby
the unusually high wind prevailing at
he time had 1 torn these bricks from
: he wall and pushed them off. Three
bricks were found on toe spot below
an Investigation showed that
hree were missing from above. The
imb waaacafted fry rubbing against
toe biioks.
Telephone messages soon brought
Taylor, Du Bose, Griffith and
Fish borne. They discovered a frac
ture in the back of the head and atw
that the bone was pressing against
the brain. The little suHirer was
much weakened by the lots of blood
The wound was not then regarded as
necessarily fatal and any operation
was deferred until later. Prepara-
tl ons were made in the afternoon to
remove the patient to toe Columbia
hospital for toe operation. He began
to grow weaker, however, and toe
doctors decided -to operate at the
home. He grew weaker sod weaker
as the night came on and before the
operation could bs - performed had
passed away.—The State.
Wants Bis Whiskey.
In his mall Tuesday Gov. Heyward
received the following comraunica-
tion: _“We the under slneis In our
own belief will say that one Dave
Haek whom had hia whiskey slezed
and taken from him by Fran Israel
constable has to oar own nolidge
never sold any whiskey around this
neighborhood whiskey was "bought
•oase Facts as to Hie Work Taken
From tbo Record. What Seas*
• tor Latimer Did.
Senator Tillman was a busy man at
the last session of oongrem, despite
the fact that he was laid up with an
ulcerated throat part of the time.
Tbe new Oongross!anal Record Index
*hows some interesting toiaga about
the lines of his activity during that
session. He was one of toe mist fre
quent speakers In the senate and, de
spite bis throat trouble and his en
forced absence, he managed to be
heard about as often In the total as
any member of tbe senate.
During tbe session he was appoint
ed a conferee once, was appointed a
member of one funeral committee,
and was excused from serving on the
oonfereccd committee to which he had
been appointed. During the same time
he Introduced six bills in the senate
all of them pension bills, «*r bills for
the relief of constituents.
He offered five motions and reoolu
lions during toe seasion. One was to
nvestigate the appointment of the ar
my officers who went In nnder toe
construe live recess policy of the ad
ministration. Another was for the in
vestigation of the C.*um appointments
which by
score. Another ^was to ascertain
lowers and limitations of the admin
istration relative to recess appoint
meets. Still another was to reoon
aider toe vote bn tbe bill for the ro
le f of Q leen Llloukalani of tbe Haw
aiian Islands. The other motion was
for the Improvement of the Wateroe
river. This was the only motton of
nth Caro'ina interest, except that
relating to tho Crum case, offered
Senator Tillman daring the
session In two Instances he introdoc-
ed petitions for constitaents.
It was In talking that tbe senator
from SouthXarollna who always com
mands attention when he is bitted to
speak, Is so busy. He talked at length
on the agricultural appropriation bill,
discussed the reports of the agricul
tural experiment stations, had a
groat deal to say on tbe subjmt of
ding di
animal breeding discussed the subject doth log they could find and
from dlspenaary quantity was one and
a half gallons.” This is signed by
“J. J. Jones, 1 Wilks Stevinson, Lock
hart, S. C.; H. B. Ash, Bulox Creek,
S. C.; James gault, Lockhart, S. O.
George gant, Lockhart, 8. C.” The
following postscript Is appended
plearietme have a bearing from
you at an early Date as I want my
whiskey or toe money that I Paid fur
same if there is any law for me Im
going to have it.” The State says it
is somewhat singular that all toe
names seem to be signed in the same
handwriting, and there appears to be
a marked uniformity in the misspell
ing of proper namee.
A special from Spartanburg to The
State saya. Tom Smith, colored
met with a tragic death Tuesday
morning while engaged in walling the
well on Mr. Lip Wood’s premises,
near Pacolet station. Some of tbe
workmen on the ground were lower
ing a massive bucket, fllled/Wlto rocks,
to Smith, who was working in toe
well, some 25 or 30 feet held#: Bud
deoly the hoops of toe over-laden
bucket gave way and the entire con
tents fell on the unfortunate man’s
bend, crushing his skull. Death was
almost instantaneous.
iterrent
Tte principal causes for homicides
follow*;. Quarrels, 4,181; unknown,
1,651; Jealousy, 613; liquor, 640; In-
Hanc, 271; Infanticide, 15$; atrikes,
55; self-defence, 33.
- In the list of great disaster, tbe
burning of the steamer Slocum, when
1,031 lives were loet, wSs the wont
Six hunited were loet in a storm 00
Lake Baikal, 500 by the collapse of a
dam in China, 100 by ah avalanche at known. Dr. Scott does not think he
Pragelato, Italy; 100 by a hnrriaane I will ile. Another negro whose
I in Cochin, China; 100 by a itorm aft'li unknown tad bis skull crack»d.
rated Negro Festival.
At a negro fesUvsT at Monti cello
8aa Bell killed Ben Peay and broke
Dave Peay’s Jawbone. Wylie Subs
shot in the back by a party on
A WEAK BOILER
Exploded Killing Eight .Hen
Seriously Hart Three.
MADE A GREAT NOISE.
The Tow Best Defender Burned te Ae
Water’s Edge. These es Beard
Terror
Strickea Pfanged late
the Water la da Effertte
Escape Death.
Eight men are known to bs
and three seriously injured, tbe re*
suit of a boiler explosion and fire
which destroyed the tow boat Defen
der at Hunting ton, W. Va., on Wed*
nesday. Tne dead are:
Perry Spender, mate, Point Flea*,
ant.
Horace Wetxsl, watchman, Pitta
burg.
James Seeae, lamp trimmer, Welle*
villa.
burg.
Mike Stafford, fireman, Pittebuiv.
• Thomas Duffy, fireman, Pittnburg.
Will We'z 1, deckhand.
George Kidd, deckhand. ~ ^
Injured
Ira Ellis, second
burg; Robert Hollaod,
ert Mum, third cook.
Tbe Defender was 1
Mooongahels River Ooneolidal
, Pitta
James Woodward was in
bouse at the time of the aeeMtiat and
with the exception of
neer and the watohman, tbe
der of the crow were a*leep. The ex-
plosion of toe starboard boilers I
Nit tbe entire side of I
awakened tbe s'eeping membeis ot
the crow. The noite was heard for
three miles. Survivors grabbed what
of buildings for the executive depart
menta, had some remarks to make
abjut the estate of R. W. Bullock
and a great deal about the appoint
meat of Crum. Tbe constructive re
cess business went down hard with
him and be had a lot of things to say
about it. Ha spoke on a baker’s doz
en ot other »ubj wts during tbe eta
aim.
Senator Latimer had A little to say
during toe session, bat was busy along
other lines. He concluded* that the
only solution of the good roads qua*
tlon was to bave them built by feder
aid, and one of toe two. tlmee hi
spoke during toe seasion was to advo
cate his bill along that line. The other
time be addressed toe senate to aay
lomethlng about rural free delivery,
eubjeet that ie Just now one of the
standbys of every new member of the
house and senate.
Mr. Lvtimer introduced three pub
ic bills daring the ssssioa. One was to
give federal aid to the building oi
roads. Tbe second was to change tbe
organization of the polloe force of
Washington while another was to
erect s public building at Andsrson.
dr. Latimer made several motions
during the seasion. One was an li quiry
fur information relative to the im
provement of the Peedee river, and
another waa to have the department
f agriculture ascertain the oast oi
road building. He moved onoe during
tbe session that the tefikte adjourn
and that was when he announced tbe
death of Representative Croft.
Bummed up, Mr. Latimer introduc
ed three pub io bills, and six pr.vate
ones, addressed the senate twice, offer
ed five motions, presented five peti..
lions and was appointed a member of
a funeral commute.
Charter Fees.
The annual report of the secretary
of state has about been completec
and the figures regarding the fees re
ceived have been made available. Tbi
totals show that tbe amount of fees
received for 1904 was slightly nndei
that of 1903, when the total wa»
$18,000, but this is explained by tb«
fact that the majority of tbe com
panlis organized this year were amah
ones with capital averaging $10,000,
while toe year previous there wen
many new cotton mills and other
large corporations formed. The fig
ures are as follows:
385 declarations ’....$ 962 50
318 charters 795 00
101 eleemonsynary charter., 303.00
313 notaries public 1,017 25
3 commissioncri of deeds... 9 75
CcftitaStee-^s^sarrw-rrrr.
Charter fees ^...... 7,368 2o
Foreign corporations....... 400 00
Railroad charters, records.. 276 10
Amendments.. r.' .: ^ 66 5(
Increase of capital / ^W?TM2,F76 90
Decrease and dissolutions.. 20 00
Rebewals 384 00
Miscellaneous...... 500
into the ley waters of the Ohio ia tbs
effort to escape. The night was Ut
ter cold, the thermooM
about zero and thoao who
were nearly fnsm before they
be given shelter.
The boat cauaht fire ii
following the expiation and drifted
down the river about 200 ya$di where
she sank in shallow water. Tbe fire
continued until she wae burned to
the water’* edge.
Ellen Walsh, chambermaid, of
Pittsburg, tbe only woman on bond
the boat, escaped in her night cloth-
log. When reacaed she was alreeet
frozen. Capt. Woodward says that
the origin of the explosion Is a mys
tery, as the boilers were so far as
known in excellent condition. A
number of men are working on
wreck Wednesday to recover
bodies of toe deal. So far six bodies
have been recovered.
haspended by Smallpox.
The Ffcjteooe Drily Tlmee failed |$
make its usual afternoon eppeeaneo
Tuesday because the local board of
oealth quarantined the entire
lieement and thoroughly
toqT building. The foreman of tbe
office had developed a ease of varlo*
told. Some days before young Smith,
the local reporter, was stricken with
imalipox and was promptly quaran
tined at his boarding boom ia tbe
eastern suburbs and it waa tboogbt
no further trouble need be apprehend
ed but the case of varioloid that da
te take further and more drastic steps
in order to stamp out any germ* that
may remain. The entire oosuMinttr
Is .sympathizing with Editof - Hart
well M. Ayer In the dosing of his of
fice, bat Mr. Ayer Is as
tbe board of health that all
necessary be taken that will
the stamping out of the disease, and
w and his entire force have
gone vaccination and fumigation.
Mayor Of Portland Oro., la dieted
George H. Williams, once chief
Justice of Oregon Territory, formerly
United States senator from Oregon,
attorney general in President Grant's
second cabinet, and now noayor of
Portland, with tbo snow of $3 winters
on his bend, was indicted by a
Jury of Multnomah county on a <
of Malfeasance in clBie. Tbs
ment states that on July It, 11
Judge William*, while mayor of Post*
land, refused to enforce the-ftalotae
regulating gambling. This law, which
at the last session ot tbt
gives the mayor power to
Total V.
$14.677 73
Killed Brother end Self.
A special from Ozark,
A double tragedy occurred A
City In the eastern part of tbti county
Friday. Arch Pope and Jeisis Pope,
brothers, had a heated dismaston ard
disagreement over a line fence and tbt
former shot and killed his brother
with a pistol Arch Pope
home and committed suicide by taking
strychnine. The Popes are aaooog the
coast prominent and prosperous people
of •outbeastorn Alahamh* Both men
leave famlitia.
close disorderly bouses within tom
miles of the tifey and ft IsaUegsd ttel
re failed to avail hMmtif of
power.
Bold to Indian*.
* -r,
Reports from Victoria my
Margaret Johnson tho 11-
laughter of Sydney Johnson,
man from Portland, is being
bondage by the Forth
The information!
m'srionary by I
tbe Children’s Protective
and Mr. South Is now
learn tbe whereabouts ot the 1
tropes of reacting her. The
*re said by the m
Just retained from tbe ter:
lave paid the father $1,000
run for the girl. The Altar
;riy worked in tbe Dai
me$r
the North.